Below you can read Women for Women International President and CEO Zainab Salbi's reports from her trips to the field.

Men's Leadership Training, July 2006
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Since Women for Women International started its work in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2004, we have often heard about the atrocities that women faced during the decade long conflict.  Even after spending the last 13 years working with some of the world's most socially excluded women survivors of war, the stories of rape, torture and sexual violence that my colleagues and I encountered as we prepared for our work there haunt me to this day.

Beyond Darfur, July 2005
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I just finished scrubbing my fingernails for the fifth time today. No matter how many times I scrub I just keep finding more and more layers of dirt. Yesterday I left Sudan. There are so many layers to the complex life in Sudan. It is a huge country the size of Western Europe haunted by years of conflicts mainly due to racism and resources. It is just amazing how different the cultures are from one place to another and how different people look. I have never been in a country that is this diverse and I was shocked at what I saw over the past two weeks.

Journey to Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2003 and 2004
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I can't get Nabito out of my mind. I can't stop my tears every time I think of her. I can't forget how her broken arm looked and how her fractured elbow felt. Nabito is a widow and mother of 12 from a small village near Walungu in eastern Congo. When she heard about the Interchange's frequent attacks on nearby villages, she started spending the nights in the bush with her children. One of these nights she decided to go back to her home. Little did she know that her life would change forever.

Please Tell Mr. Bush, Iraq, May 9 - May 20, 2003
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There is a high level of chaos, anarchy, frustration, and even anger in today's Iraq. This is triggered by the lack of electricity, water, food, medicine, and most importantly security. Not only is the looting continuing, but so is the killing. Children as young as ten have real guns and Kalashnikovs, which they point at anybody at any time. A driver is vulnerable at any moment to a gunman forcing him or her out of the car. People are witnessing killings in public streets and in the middle of the day. Women are afraid to leave their houses for fear of rape and kidnapping. Mothers are afraid to let their kids walk to school on their own . . .